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| A narrative that serves as an extended metaphor, written in the form of fables, parables, poems, stories, and almost any other style or genre |
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| A method used to build suspense by providing hints of what is to come |
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| The rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences (as in "action, not words" or "they promised freedom and provided slavery") |
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| It is a common practice in narration used to keep the interest of an audience, usually surprising them with a revelation |
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| A figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms |
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| A prejudice in a general or specific sense, usually in the sense for having a preference to one particular point of view or ideaology |
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| A metrical pattern of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable = five feet to a line |
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| A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses (Umbrella Term) |
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| Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance |
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| A literary work that imitates the style of another literary work |
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| The time and place in which a story unfolds |
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| A comparison using the words like or as |
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| An ingredient of a literary work that gives the work unity and provides an answer to the question What is the work about? |
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| An author's method of treating a character so that the character is immediately identified with a group |
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| A reference to an event which took place prior to the beginning of a story or play |
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| A character in a play who sets off the main character or other characters by comparison |
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| A literary techinque in the opening of a story that "grabs" the reader's attention so that he will read on |
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| Expresses the author's attitude toward his or her subject |
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| A play on words wherein a word is used to convey two meanings at the same time |
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| The hero or central character of a literary work |
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| In literature, a plot device in which the audience's or reader's knowledge of events or individuals surpasses that of the characters |
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| The method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character in a literary work |
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| Used for poetic effect, a repetition of the initial sounds of several words in a group |
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| The decisive moment in a story, the turning point to which the rising action leads |
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| A brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art. A casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event |
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| Informal words and/or expressions usually only used between friends |
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| Conversation between characters |
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| A poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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| The part of a story or drama which occurs after the climax and which establishes a new norm, a new state of affairs-the way things are going to be from then on |
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| This occurs when the protagonist is opposed by some person or force |
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| A figure of speech in which an overstatement or exaggeration occurs |
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| Assessing the similarities between two or more ideas, objects or people |
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| The repetition of vowel wounds in a literary work |
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| Assessing the differences between two or more ideas, objects or people |
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| An action is the reverse of what the actor expected or contrast between the literal meaning of what is said and what is meant |
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| The mood that is established in a literary work that is often created through the setting and through foreshadowing |
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| A person or force which opposes the protagonist in a literary work |
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| The repetition of consonant sounds with differing vowel sounds in words near each other in a line or lines of poetry |
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| A situation or a statement that seems to contradict itself, but on closer inspection; does not |
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| The atmosphere or feeling created by a literary work, partly by a description of the objects or by the style of the descriptions |
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| The structure of a story. The sequence in which the author arranges events in a story |
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| A figure of speech wherein a comparison is made between two unlike quantities without the use of the words "like" or "as" |
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| The return of a word, phrase, stanza form, or effect in any form of literature |
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| A device in literature where an object represents an idea |
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| A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human characteristics |
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| The repetition of sounds in two or more words or phrases that usually appear close to each other in a poem |
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| A piece of literature designed to ridicule the subject of the work. Its aim is not to amuse, but to arouse contempt |
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| That quality of a literary work that makes the reader or audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of events |
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| The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables into a pattern; most apparent in poetry, though it is part of all good writing |
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